, 1887-01-29

SiOnS for Reconstruction OF an, interOceanic
canal by this Government. which was adopt
Ell nsecHet sessi.AbN the enats yesterday,
had an OppoEtunir Yto rAnew tieeF opposition
tOthe prop0EitiOnt0Etay and stAeydid so in
a way that d1adalJhinSsi very lively for u
couple OF hoNGs. 4aFheo resolution passed
yesterday was in such shape that another
resolution was necessary to authorize it's
transmission to the President as an official
expression of the will of the Senate. The
resolution was offered to-day after all out
siderS had been carefully excluded from
the Chamber and the doors closed and
locked. AS the original resolution had
gone through by Il large majority, Mr..
ElmunhS was a little surprised when,
instead of being adopted without debate
and as a matter of course, the proposal to
inform The President that the Senate want.
ell him to negotiate with the Nicaraguan
Government was fairly jumped upon by
certain Senators with the result of plung-
ing the Senate INTO another hot discussion
of the whole subject. This time The friends
of Capt. EadS and his TehuantepeG ship
railway plan took the lead in opp0Sii ion
to the pr ppOSnl. They had not said much,
before Mr.. EdmundS, who fnhS it hard to
be patient when opposed, was provoked in
to using some rather earn lSt language re-
gaTdIng the motives of the EadS Senators.
Such men us MpSSlS. Vest and C0ckrell,
who are We y warm feiendS of Capt. EadS,
were not diSpOSrdttO Ia. submit to any Fetiec-
ions from the Vermont Senator, AMI they
told him 80 ~iHIhngnnge quite as vigorous
IN he had used Them other friends Of the
Mississippi iettyl builder tO0k a hand in
the war of Words and the >wUangle %c0ntin-
ued until Senators on both sides of the
chamber became so excited that they used
language unfit for publication. a dozen
Senators talked and shouted at each other
at The stme time, free from the restraint Of
visitors in the galleries, and OathS and
strong epithetS were thru VII out more
than once. The ~diSgraceful scene lasted
until an angry Western Senator exclaimed
with a string of OathS that he would not
stand that sort of thing any longer and
left the Chamber. Then the Senators So
bcred down long enough to postpone ac-
tiOn upon the notification resolution and
adjourn. This leaves the Senators a chance
for another row the next time they go in
to secret SeSSlOn.-Ibid.
There is much boasting of the in
creased wealth Of the South, and the
statistics, as presented by the Manu-
~facturrrs' Record, d" make a fine
showing. But the ordinary Souther-
nrr, in contemplatingstl 'ls grand ar
ray Of figures, feels som ,thlng like the
penniIess hoy who stihds out on the
sidewalk and gyalzss iW%Iiistfully. through
p!ate-glass wiud"ws,.@t the beautiful
display of toys'aad camIipsfwithin,
DfdHq ~ 11aIuidf
I wo ladies had an amusing expert
ence in m,kiDg a formal call at a
house ON LindwoOd.avenue the other
day. The maid asked them 10 wait
untiI she ascertained whether the per-
sons inquired for were in. Presently
slie tripped down stairs and announc,
ed that "the ladies were ntat home"
One of the callers, finding tlat she had
forgotten her cards, said toher friend:
"'Let me write my name on your
card" ooh it isn't at al necessary,
Miss" put it in the maid cheerful.
Iy, II told them who i wasl" Ere-
INT ansbO, with suppressed emotion,
A SARATOGA HOTlL SOLD.